News & Current Events links
there are also others on this page if you scroll down a bit...
The most important site for this course, other than this one, is our textbook site. This site has great practice quizzes for each chapter, as well as primary sources documents to read, essay questions, and internet resources to explore. USE IT!
Also, throughout the course of the year, I encourage you to utilize the links provided below.
there are also others on this page if you scroll down a bit...
The most important site for this course, other than this one, is our textbook site. This site has great practice quizzes for each chapter, as well as primary sources documents to read, essay questions, and internet resources to explore. USE IT!
Also, throughout the course of the year, I encourage you to utilize the links provided below.
Practice Quizzes
AP US Quizzes
AP US Quizzes 2
AP US Quizzes 3
AP US Quizzes 4
AP US History Flashcards
Test Prep from Spark Notes - practice test
Sporcle History Games
Ultimate History Quiz from History Channel.com
Civil War Student Challenge - Scholarship $ available
Resources
Brinkley AP Text site
AP Central US History site
Another AP teacher site - teacher site with tons of PPTs, review sheets, etc
PBS
AP Central College Board site for US history teachers
College Board Breakdown of the 2009 DBQ
The Media: A Social, Political, and Corporate Institution
National History Day - 8 steps of Research
Maps of War
American Rhetoric.com - speeches database
Top 100 Speeches in American History
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Most Important Supreme Court Cases
History Research Links - LOTS of GOOD LINKS
Women's History
African-American History
History of the Federal Reserve - timeline
Technology Links
TimeToast timelines
Voicethread
Wallwisher
Pirate Pad
Primary Access
Glogster
Wordle
Tagxedo
Sporcle History Games
Bubbl.us Outlining/Brainstorming
Free Tech for Teachers blog
Howard Zinn on American Imperialism - great video
Grammar
Punctuation Today
Interesting
News Links
FOX News
a. Glenn Beck -
b. Bill O'Reilly - or http://www.billoreilly.com/
c. Sean Hannity - or http://www.hannity.com/
Rush Limbaugh - http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/today.guest.html
New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/
Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/
The Economist - http://www.economist.com/
NBC Nightly News - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/
Military footage, propaganda films, etc - http://www.realmilitaryflix.com/public/808.cfm?sd=55
British Broadcasting Corporation - http://www.bbc.co.uk/ - (a favorite of Mr. Green's)
Cable Network News - http://www.cnn.com/
Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network - http://cspan.org/
National Public Radio - http://www.npr.org/
Basic info on the American Govt & Economy
Government Sites and Information
White House - www.whitehouse.gov
Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov
Congress.org - http://congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt (good information about members, demographics, etc.)
Presidential Libraries - http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/
CIA Factbook - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Primary Source Documents
Declaration of Independence - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/
US Constitution - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
Bill of Rights - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html
Supreme Court Rulings - http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/
Presentation Websites
Glogster - http://www.glogster.com/
VoiceThread - http://voicethread.com/#home
Other Interesting Links
Presidential Speeches analyzed for word choice - http://chir.ag/projects/preztag
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - http://www.thedailyshow.com/
The Colbert Report- http://www.colbertnation.com/home
The New Yorker - http://www.newyorker.com/
Cool Song - http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html
Another AP teacher site
US History teaching blog
Cool Tools for Schools
Good links for reviewing, practice quizzes, writing tips, etc
Histnotes.com - student created site with outlines of Brinkley's book